My Safeway Trip only $0.96 cents – FREE cards, FREE soda, FREE hearts

I just got back from Safeway and I think I did pretty great! I spent only $0.96 cents on everything pictured above, after you figure in the $5 catalina I have in my pocket! The Hallmark cards alone would be $11.94 regular price!

Here’s how I did it:Through February 14, 2013, when you buy 3 Hallmark cards you get a $5 catalina coupon that prints at checkout that you can use on a future transaction! Combine it with a coupon for the cards and here is how it shakes out:

Transaction #1

Buy 3 Hallmark cards at $1.99 = $5.97 (offer excludes $0.99 cards)
Use $2 off 3 Hallmark card printable coupon (does not limit to one per person, could print multiples just change quantity at print)
Pay $3.97 out of pocket

So I paid $3.97 and $1.96 out of pocket = for a total of $5.93 out of pocketAnd I left with a $5 catalina off my next purchase!

It’s like paying $0.96 cents plus tax for everything!

I stopped by Safeway on my home from an appointment, instead of making a separate trip. This really does help our budget – because when you drive to the store for free items, they are never quite free (sorry, but true!) after you figure the cost of gas.

As for the free Sweathearts. . . my son found $0.34 cents in the parking lot on our way into the store. The Sweethearts happened to be on sale 3/$1 or $0.34 each. So guess what he got? I’m always telling him to look up in the parking lots – so he is aware of his surroundings, but apparently it paid off today. He told his dad when we got home that he “found millions of dollars” in the parking lot and that he was going to save him some of the candies he bought, but he forgot.

Oh and that would be blue marker on his face and hand, not a mustache.